disastrous millionaire's shortbread

last night I made millionaire's shortbread as a treat for my family but it was terrible it was too sweet, the caramel was to strong I don't know what to do to make this better if anyone has any tips or advise I would love it. feel free to comment. look forward to reading them.

Greek almond crescents

I made these a while back and they were amazing.....I made them for my boyfriend and his parents and they kept on asking me for more so everyday for about a week a had to make a new batch of about 30. They were made in the morning and all gone by the time I went to bed. They don't take long to cook and there is not much mess with them. Here is the recipe. This recipe makes 18 if you want to make 30 or more just double it or triple it.

Ingredients,
200g ground almonds
100g caster sugar
finely grated zest of 1 orange
2 egg whites
50g flaked almonds

Method,

preheat the oven to 180c(350f) or gas mark 4 and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
in a large bowl, mix together the ground almonds,caster sugar and grated orange zest. in another medium sized bowl, whisk the egg whites for a few seconds until they are broken up. pour half of the egg white into the dry ingredients and mix until it comes together. you may need to add more egg white, it should be quite a soft sticky mixture.

roll the soft dough into a large sausage then divide into as many as you want to make. Roll each peice in flaked almonds sprinkled on a plate and, with your hands form into simple cresent shaped. place on the baking tray and cook for 13-18 minutes until golden. remove from oven and cool on a wire rack.